At 8:00 pm (0000 GMT), the eye of the storm was 335 miles (540 kms) southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina , moving northwest at 16 mph (26 kph). And it led to mixed signals from officials in SC, whose governor had canceled mandatory evacuation for several coastal counties.

At the White House, President Donald Trump urged people to "get out of its way". "We are ready. We're as ready as anybody's ever been". You're talking about him like he just escaped from Skull Island. Georgia Governor Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency "in light of the storm's forecasted southward track after making landfall". The Gameco...

NEW: Florence is now a category 4 hurricane. Gerst said Hurricane Florence was so enormous, with a width of more than 500 miles (804 kilometres), that he "could only capture her with a super wide-angle lens". "Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 70 miles (110 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 175 ...

Updated forecasts from the NHC show the storm lingering near the coast of the Carolinas , packed with days of torrential rain that could trigger huge inland flooding from SC to Virginia. "There's really not a lot of good news", NOAA flight director Paul Flaherty said on "Shepard Smith Reporting". A state of emergency has been declared in Maryl...

Hurricane watches in Dominica, Martinique and Guadeloupe were discontinued, and the Netherlands government issued a tropical storm watch for Saba and St. The next National Hurricane Center advisory is scheduled for 5 a.m. Monday. The storm is moving west-northwest at 17 mph and is 785 miles east-southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina.

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The governors of Virginia, Maryland, and North and SC have declared states of emergency ahead of the storm. A "major" hurricane is one with sustained winds of more than 110 miles per hour. A tropical storm warning and hurricane watch are in effect for the Cabo Verde islands of Santiago, Fogo, and Brava. The state's emergency management agency s...

Hurricane Florence is now a Category 4 storm moving toward the west near 13 miles per hour. On top of Irma and Maria, powerful category 4 hurricane Harvey inflicted $125billion worth of damage, mostly from catastrophic flooding in Houston, Texas, between August and September past year.

The category 4 hurricane is now moving to the west at 13 miles per hour and is expected to begin a turn to the northwest by late Wednesday. It's expected to become at least a Category 3 hurricane before it hits the mainland US around SC and North Carolina, likely on Friday morning, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Monday.

Governor Ralph Northam issued an evacuation order for about 245,000 residents in flood-prone coastal Virginia beginning at 8 a.m. local time while South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has ordered more than 1 million residents along his state's coastline to leave starting at noon on Tuesday.

Florence had maximum sustained winds of 90 miles per hour, making it a Category 1 storm on the five-level Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale. "Further strengthening is anticipated, and Florence is expected to be an extremely risky major hurricane through Thursday", the National Hurricane Center said.

NHC officials say further strengthening is anticipated, and Florence is expected to be an extremely risky major hurricane through Thursday. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper urged his state's residents to get ready, noting the storm was generating swelling waves and risky currents.

There is great uncertainty regarding this, so we encourage you to check back for updates often. Where is the hurricane now? By noon EDT Monday, Florence was centered about 1,230 miles east-southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina, and moving west at 13 mph.

The National Weather Service says high storm rainfall from Olivia is possible with amounts of 10 to 15 inches, with isolated amounts over 20 inches. By Wednesday evening, the storm's expected to have about 50 mph winds some 145 miles west of Kailua-Kona. Even if Olivia arrives as a tropical storm, as predicted, Hawaii is in danger of experienci...

The storm is expected to approach the southeast U.S. Coast on Thursday. Forecasts show the Carolinas most vulnerable to a direct hit, but there is still plenty of uncertainty about the exact track of the storm, and forecasters say the swath of coastline between Florida and New York City is at risk.

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Gordon is moving toward the northwest near 14 miles per hour (22 kph). He and his cousin, Lance, were relieved that the center of the storm was jogging more to the east. usa and global crude futures were up a fraction as traders said they did not expect the storm to have long-term impact on Gulf output. Boaters are evacuating to safe harbors...

The latest update from the National Hurricane Center as of 4:00 PM CDT, now has Tropical Storm Gordon strengthening into a weak Category 1 hurricane just ahead of making landfall along the central Gulf Coast. Rain totals greater than an inch will be possible in the western Big Bend areas near the coast with the possibility of locally higher a...

Bush . Democrats have raised objections to both Kavanaugh's record and his nomination process, which they say has been rushed and has lacked transparency. And the stage is this week's Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh . Instead, her stinging defeat almost two years ago has left her on the outside, where...